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Muslim Astronomer Fátima of Madrid (10th-century)
She spent most of her life in Córdoba, the world-leading center for all knowledge at the time 🌍🎓. Fátima corrected "The Astronomical Tables of Al-Khawarizmi". She also worked on calendars, eclipses and Moon visibility 🌒…

"Illustrious Muslim scientists of the golden age, particularly Ibn Al-Haytham (965-1040) and Al-Biruni (973-1048), insisted on natural explanations for the phenomena they were attempting to explain."
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“By focusing attention, observation, and extensive thought on astronomical phenomena, one is able to prove the unicity of God and to recognize the extent of the Creator’s might as well as His wide wisdom and delicate design.”
– Al-Battani (850-929), illustrious Muslim astronomer.

Al-Biruni (about 1,000 years ago) measured the circumference of the Earth 🌍 with an accuracy of 99.7% compared to today’s accepted value.

“He who gets used to believing without proof has slipped out of his natural humanness.”
– Ibn Sina, al-Shaykh al-Ra'is, on the importance of requiring proof.
🎨Google Doodles celebrated Ibn Sina’s 1038th Birthday.

Ibn Firnas' designs would undoubtedly have been an inspiration for famed Italian artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci’s hundreds of years later.
📸Artistic impressions of Abbas ibn Firnas and his successful 9th-century flight, 1001 Inventions.

Muslim Astronomer Fátima of Madrid (10th-century)
She spent most of her life in Córdoba, the world-leading center for all knowledge at the time 🌍🎓. Fátima corrected "The Astronomical Tables of Al-Khawarizmi". She also worked on calendars, eclipses and Moon visibility 🌒…

Al-Khwarizmi (c. 780-850) emphasised that he wrote his algebra book to serve the practical needs of the people concerning the matters of inheritance, legacies, partition, law suits and commerce. He considered his work as worship to God.

Al-Biruni (about 1,000 years ago) measured the circumference of the Earth 🌍 with an accuracy of 99.7% compared to today’s accepted value.

“By focusing attention, observation, and extensive thought on astronomical phenomena, one is able to prove the unicity of God and to recognize the extent of the Creator’s might as well as His wide wisdom and delicate design.”
– Al-Battani (850-929), illustrious Muslim astronomer.